Your First Apartment
Your first lease is usually the biggest recurring bill you have ever signed. It also comes with rules about guests, pets, early exit fees, and what happens to the deposit.
Read these pages before you tour with your heart set on the unit with the nice light. The boring math and the lease language matter more than the countertops.
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How Much Rent Can You Actually Afford
A practical rent budget for first apartments: net pay, the real move-in cash stack, roommate math, and lease clauses to read before you tour.
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Denied an Apartment Because of a Background Check? What to Do
Turned down for an apartment, or asked for a cosigner or bigger deposit, because of a tenant screening report? Get the notice, the free report, and fix errors.